RE: st: Select observations within variable

Alternatively, check out -tsspell- from SSC.
Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
Austin Nichols
> Like so?
> bys i (t): gen red2=sum(x<x[_n-1] & _n>1)>0
Nikolaos Kanellopoulos
> > I have a very common panel data set. i is my individual
> identifier, t my
> > time variable and x is a categorical variable. I want to
> create a variable
> > that will be 1 for all the observations of the same
> individual after x is
> > reduced. ie I want to identify all the observations for the
> same individual
> > after a reduction on x has taken place. Note that a
> reduction does not
> > happen to all individuals.
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